IDFA Bijlmer Parktheater - Talkshows about Social Justice

Before and after the screening of “The Black Panthers – Vanguard of the Revolution” as part of IDFA at Bijlmer Parktheater, there will be two panels:

19.00u – 19.45u: The revolution will (not) be retweetedHosted by: ShayPanelists: Mariam El Maslouhi, Ramona Sno, Simone Zeefuik and Abdirashid Suleiman.How do social justice and Twitter connect in NL? How does one influence the other and what are the important happenings of the last six months? During the panel a couple Twitterati share their experiences, observations and prospects.

22.00u – 23.30u: Anti-racist resistance movements and the Western mainstreamHosted by: ShayPanelists: Synclaire Butler, Andre Reeder, Maryama Omar, Simone Zeefuik and Maarten van Hinte.After the screening both the panel and the audience will discuss the following:a. Whitewashed or criminalized: how Western media frames non-white resistance movements and its icons.b. Personification and erasure: those who are chosen to represent the struggle and those whose efforts get erased from the mainstream’s memoriesc. What can/should we learn from the Black Panthers? Which strategies are good to adopt and what are the mistakes we don’t have to make again?